Swivel joint for dolls



1,556,095 o. GANs SWIVEL JOINT FOR DOLLS Filed April 19, ,1924

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PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO GANS, 0F WALTERSHAUSEN, GERMANY.

SWIVEL JOINT non noLLs.

Application led April 19, 1924. (Serial No. 707,623.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OTTO GANs, a citizen of the Republic of Germany, andresident of laltershausen, in the State of Thuringia d Republic ofGermany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SwivelJoints for Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in the joints by means ofwhich the limbs of dolls are attached to the body thereof, particularlyfor walking dolls as described in my co-pending application Serial No.716,142, tiled May 27, 1924, and it is the principal object of myinvention to provide a swivel-joint of this character with means forestablishing an elastic connection between the thigh and the bo-dy ofthe doll.

Another object of my invent-ion is the provision of a swivel-joint forwalking dolls or the like in which an elastic is establishing aconnect-ion between the ball in the sockets in the thigh and the body ofthe doll, and the thigh, while an arm secured to the ball, and rotatingwith a shaft for the ball is adapted to be engaged in the moving partsof the walking mechanism of the doll.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become morefully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then bespecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front view of a dolls body and thigh, partlyin section and illustrates as an example one embodiment of my inventionfor establishing a connection between body and thigh constructedaccording to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detail view, partly in section of the 'joint connectionbetween doll body and thigh constructed according to my invention, andshowing the limb in the position occupied by the same when the dollassumes a sitting posture.

The lower part of the body 10 of a walking doll or the like, is equippedwith the customary sockets or pans 11 in which the balls 12 are movablyengaged which are provided with slots 13.

The connection between the balls l2 and the thigh 14 of the dolls limbsis effected by means of a rubber string or elastic which is securedwithin the ball 12 and passed downwardly through a slot 13 in the ballin which it has a limited movement.

The connection between the thigh 14 and the body 10 of the doll isconstructed as follows: The arm 16 is rigidly attached at one end to theball 12, and rotates around a sha-ft 17 rotatably arranged in a bore ofthe dolls body. The upper reduced end 18 of arm 16 passes looselythrough the pendulum loop 19 which is rotatably secured within the bodyof the doll to a bridge 2O or the like for allowing the stepping motionof the doll during walking in the usual well known manner.

This arrangement has the advantage over the plate and snap-jointconnection described in my co-pending application, that the connect-ionbetween the limbs and the body is elastical.

It will be clear that changes may be made in the general arrangement andin the construction of the -minor details of' my device such as fallwithin the spirit and scope specified in the appended claim withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, so for instance may the arm16 be r ade of wire instead of wood as shown, or of any other materialsuitable for the purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

In a swivel-joint for walking dolls, sockets in the thigh and the bodyof said doll, a ball in said sockets having a vertical slot, a shaft forsaid ball, an elastic connecting ball and thigh, attached at one end insaid slot and at the other to said thigh, a walking mechanism for saiddoll, an arm secured to said 'ball and rotating with said shaft, saidarm adapted to be engaged in the moving parts of the walking mechanismfor said doll.

Signed at Waltershausen, in the State of Thuringia and Republic ofGermany, this 4th day of April, A. D. 1924.

OTTO GANS.

